On February 3, 2022, the Curling Competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, the third round of the mixed doubles round robin, the Chinese combination Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan vs. the Swedish combination Eriksson / Amilda, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan lost 3 points in a 6-4 lead and was reversed, Eriksson / Amilda trailed by 2 points, successfully flipped in the last set, although it was a pity, but Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan won 2 and lost 1 loss, still ranked high.
Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan are the first time to participate in the Winter Olympic Games, although the two partners are not long, but the cooperation is very tacit, the end of the two rounds of group stage to achieve a full victory, the first through overtime, 7-6 narrowly defeated the Swiss combination Rios / Perret, the latter once won the World Championship, the second 6-5 victory over the Australian team Gil / Hewitt, for the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics to get a good start.
Next against the Swedish combination Eriksson/Amilda, the Swedish team has the strength to impact the gold medal in the curling project, Eriksson has won the world championship many times, the competition experience is very rich, Amilda is very talented, won the World Youth Championship, although in the opener lost to the British combination, But Eriksson / Amilda is always the favorite to compete, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan is tested.
In the first set, Eriksson/Amilda took the lead and got 1 point, in the second set Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan played steadily, scoring 2 points in a row to achieve a rebound, the strength of the two pairs was relatively close, no one had an absolute advantage, in the third set Eriksson/Amilda recovered 2 points, in the fourth set Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan scored, the two sides came to 3 draws, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan was home and confident of making a breakthrough in the Winter Olympics.
In the fifth set, Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan took the initiative to score a 4-3 lead with the advantage of the backhand, Eriksson / Amilda was very tenacious, chased to 4 draws in the sixth set, the seventh set was very critical, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan showed a strong psychological quality, resisted the pressure to score 2 points in a row, 6-4 lead, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan grasped the initiative, Eriksson / Amilda can only let go, the two have no other choice.
In the eighth set, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan took the lead, the two were a bit careless, Eriksson / Amilda showed the strength of the world champion, seized this opportunity, scored 3 points 7-6 reversal, facing the world championship combination, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan can play with the opponent to the last 1 point, the comprehensive performance is remarkable, the only pity is that the last moment was reversed, encountered the first defeat of the Winter Olympics, the process is worth summarizing.
Tomorrow Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan continues to play, the opponent is the gold medalist of the last Winter Olympics, the Canadian combination Morris / Homan, this game may be more difficult, but also let us look forward to the performance of Chinese players, I hope that the two will continue to work hard and strive to continue to break through themselves.